RTD receives four proposals to build North Metro Rail Line

The Regional Transportation District (RTD) received proposals from four design/construction teams for the North Metro project that will ultimately extend passenger rail north from Denver Union Station through Commerce City, Adams County, Thornton and Northglenn.

Graham Contracting Limited first approached RTD in February with an unsolicited proposal. After reviewing the initial proposal, RTD staff determined it was consistent with the agency's unsolicited proposals policy and worthy of moving forward to a competitive procurement process.

A multi-tiered evaluation committee will review the four proposals and make a recommendation of the most qualified bidder to the RTD Board of Directors at the November 5 FasTracks Monitoring Committee meeting. The board is scheduled to take formal action on the contract award at its November 26 regular board meeting.

"We look forward to reviewing the proposals for competitive pricing and innovative ideas," said RTD General Manager Phil Washington. "Our goal through this proposal process is to not only build the entire North Metro Line, but to determine if there are other parts of the program that can be built at this time. RTD remains committed to completing the entire FasTracks program as quickly as we can."

The design and construction of the rail line is scheduled to begin in 2014.